Ja zhdal tebja (Apukhtin, set by A. Arensky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ja zhdal tebja... Chasy polzli unylo,
Kak staryje dokuchnyje vragi...
Vsju noch' menja budil tvoj golos milyj
I ch'ji-to slyshalis' shagi.

Ja zhdal tebja... Prozrachen, svezh i svetel,
Osennij den' povejal nad zemlej...
V nemoj toske ja den' prekrasnyj vstretil
Odnoju zhgucheju slezoj.

Pojmi khot' raz, chto v `etoj zhizni shumnoj,
Chtob byt' s toboj, ja kazhdyj mig lovlju,
Chto ja ljublju, ljublju tebja bezumno,
Kak zhizn', kak schastije, ljublju!

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Authorship

Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841-1893)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861-1906)

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